Search On ...

Search On ... is an editor extension that allows developers to easily search selected text across multiple platforms. With this extension, you can quickly access information from websites like Google, GitHub, MDN, and many others.

Included platforms

• Enable by default

  • Docker Hub
  • GitHub
  • Google
  • MDN (Mozilla Developer Network)
  • Microsoft Learn
  • NPM (Node Package Manager)
  • NuGet
  • Stack Overflow
  • Wikipedia
  • YouTube

• Disabled by default

  • Bing
  • Brave
  • Can I use
  • crates.io
  • CSS-Tricks
  • devdocs.io
  • dict.cc
  • django
  • Docs.rs
  • DuckDuckGo
  • Ecosia
  • Flutter
  • git
  • Google Translator
  • Kotlin
  • PyPI
  • Python
  • Qwant
  • Reddit
  • Startpage
  • VS Code

Settings

Platforms

• All included platforms can be enabled/disabled in the settings.
• Call Open settings to go to a pre-filter settings page.

• Enable/disable platforms directly by calling Enable platform or Disable platform.

Custom Platforms

• You can add your own platforms in the settings.
• On GitHub you can find a list of platforms that can be added.
• Optional {{search_term}} for the URL, if no {{search_term}} specified, it will be appended to the end of the URL.

Example settings

"searchOn.customPlatforms": [
    { "label": "Google Translator", "url": "https://translate.google.com/?text={{search_term}}"},
    { "label": "Startpage", "url": "https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?q={{search_term}}"},
    { "label": "Amazon", "url": "https://www.amazon.com/s?k={{search_term}}"}
]

Versioning

YY.MM.VERSION

• YY: Release year
• MM: Release month
• VERSION: Version in year/month